I'd like to make a list which is literally this: '\'. But doing string = '\' raises an EOL SyntaxError. How would I do it? Many answers say to do string = '\\' but then when I print the string it shows as '\\' not '\' EDIT 1 This used to be about a list containing a string (['\'] rather than '\'). But I realised the list was not the issue. That's why some of the answers talk about a list. EDIT 2 This is a vscode notebook issue! More edit It doesn't happen in a standard Jupyter notebook. Even when I try to write string = '\\' to a file rather than just print it, it comes out as '\\' Continue reading...
